Improvement in valved oil-can nozzles



E. J. DURANT.

ValvKed Oil-Can Nozzles.

N0. 128,473. Patentedl'uly 2,1872.

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VUNITEE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD J. DURANT, OFVLEBANON, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

IMPROVEMENT IN VALVED'OlL-CAN NOZ-ZLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 128,473, dated July 2,1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. DURANT,

of Lebanon, in the county of Grafton and' description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing which forms a portion of thisspecification.

My improvement in the spouts of oil-cans consists in an undetachablecombination of a peculiar-shaped cap, b, with a peculiar-shapededuction-end of the spout of that description of oil-cans that are usedfor filling lamps with oil or other burning fluid. The extreme end ofthe spout a is closed, and an aperture, e, is formed on the under sideof the end portion thereof, as shown in Fig. 1. 'The cap b correspondsin shape with that of the end portion of the spout a, and it also has alateral aperture of similar size and shape to that in the spout 3 butthe size of said cap is suchthat it can be received on the end of thespout, and when so placed will tit closely thereon. When the cap b isturned to the position shown in Fig. 1 the lateral aperture therein willbe exactly coincident with the lateral aperture in the end portion ofthe spout, and consequently, when thuslturned, a free aperture for theescape of the oil from the can will be formed, and of such a shape andlocation as will cause the oil to flow vertically and unerringly intothe lamp, whatsoever'the amount of force with which it may flow from thecan. When thelar groove, c, of sufficient depth to extend into the capb, as shown in- Fig. 1; or the said cap may be secured to the spout byan exterior swaging process 5 or said undetachable connection betweenthe cap and spout may be formed by any other means. The -cap b may bearrested at its proper open and closed positions on the spout a by meansof a recess in a portion of the inner end of said cap and a pin, d,projecting from the side of said spout, as shown in Fig. 2.

I claim as my invention- My improved oil-can7 said can having avapor-tight and undetachable combination of the spout a thereof with itsclosing-cap b, produced by a concavo-convex swaging process,substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that the aforegoin g is a full and clear specication of myimprovement in the spouts of oil-cans I hereunto subscribe my naueehis19th day of April, 1872.

\ EDWARD J. DUEANT.

Witnesses G. E. DUEANT, J. M. PERKINS.

